阅读说明：本技术 衣物处理设备 (Clothes treating apparatus ) 是由 邴进东 李怡锦 成荣峰 于 2018-06-26 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明属于家用电器领域,具体提供一种衣物处理设备。本发明旨在解决现有干衣机不能对衣物进行分类烘干的问题。为此,本发明的衣物处理设备包括两个衣物处理舱、压缩机、烘干通道以及设置在烘干通道中的风机、冷凝器和蒸发器。烘干通道的进风端与两个衣物处理舱的出风口分别连通,烘干通道的出风端与两个衣物处理舱的进风口分别连通。压缩机与冷凝器和蒸发器依次首尾相接。冷凝器用于产生烘干气流,风机用于将冷凝器产生的烘干气流输送至两个衣物处理舱中,蒸发器用于除去烘干气流中的水分。使用时,用户可根据实际需要,将分类好的衣物分别放入两个衣物处理舱中,然后使热泵式烘干系统同时为两个衣物处理舱提供烘干气流。(The invention belongs to the field of household appliances, and particularly provides clothes treatment equipment. The invention aims to solve the problem that the existing clothes dryer can not dry clothes in a classified manner. To this end, the laundry treating apparatus of the present invention includes two laundry treating compartments, a compressor, a drying passage, and a fan, a condenser and an evaporator provided in the drying passage. The air inlet end of the drying channel is respectively communicated with the air outlets of the two clothes treatment cabins, and the air outlet end of the drying channel is respectively communicated with the air inlets of the two clothes treatment cabins. The compressor, the condenser and the evaporator are sequentially connected end to end. The condenser is used for generating drying air flow, the fan is used for conveying the drying air flow generated by the condenser to the two clothes processing chambers, and the evaporator is used for removing moisture in the drying air flow. When the heat pump type drying system is used, a user can put the classified clothes into the two clothes processing cabins respectively according to actual needs, and then the heat pump type drying system provides drying airflow for the two clothes processing cabins simultaneously.)

1. Laundry treatment apparatus, characterized in that it comprises a heat-pump drying system capable of generating a drying airflow that can be conveyed simultaneously or separately into a plurality of laundry treatment compartments, and at least two laundry treatment compartments.

2. The laundry processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the heat pump drying system comprises:

the air inlet end of the drying channel is respectively communicated with the air outlets of the plurality of clothes processing cabins, and the air outlet end of the drying channel is respectively communicated with the air inlets of the plurality of clothes processing cabins;

a condenser disposed within the drying tunnel, the condenser for generating a drying airflow;

a fan disposed in the drying passage, the fan being configured to deliver the drying airflow generated by the condenser to the plurality of laundry processing compartments;

an evaporator disposed within the drying tunnel, the evaporator for removing moisture from the drying airflow;

and the compressor is sequentially connected with the condenser and the evaporator end to end.

3. The laundry processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the condenser is disposed between the evaporator and an air outlet end of the drying duct.

4. The laundry processing apparatus of claim 2, wherein the heat pump drying system further comprises a reversing device by which an air inlet end of the drying tunnel is selectively communicable with all or a portion of the plurality of laundry processing compartments; and/or the air outlet end of the drying channel can be selectively communicated with all or part of the clothes processing cabins through the reversing device.

5. The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the reversing device includes a plurality of shut-off valves, and the air inlet and/or the air outlet of each laundry treating compartment is communicated with the drying passage through one shut-off valve.

6. The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the cut-off valve is an electrically controlled cut-off valve.

7. The clothes treating apparatus of claim 4, wherein the reversing device is a multi-way reversing valve, and the air inlet end of the drying channel is communicated with the clothes treating compartments through one multi-way reversing valve; and/or the air outlet end of the drying channel is respectively communicated with the plurality of clothes treatment cabins through one multi-way reversing valve.

8. The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the multi-way reversing valve is an electrically controlled multi-way reversing valve.

9. The laundry treating apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the laundry treating compartments are two.

10. The laundry processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the laundry processing apparatus is a dryer or a washer-dryer.

Technical Field

The invention belongs to the field of household appliances, and particularly provides clothes treatment equipment.

Background

The conventional clothes dryer has only one drying region, and a user can dry the clothes only by placing the clothes into the drying region. If the user puts the clothes such as coats, undergarments, children's garments, bed clothes, etc. into the drying area at the same time and dries them together, the hygiene of the undergarments cannot be guaranteed. If a user places clothes such as coats, undergarments, children's garments, bedding and the like into the drying area for drying twice, electric energy is wasted. And the existing clothes dryer usually has a large capacity, and the waste of electric energy is inevitably caused when a user dries only a small amount of clothes.

Accordingly, there is a need in the art for a new laundry treating apparatus to solve the above-mentioned problems.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, i.e. to solve the problem that the existing clothes dryer cannot perform classified drying on clothes, the present invention provides a clothes treating apparatus, which includes a heat pump type drying system and at least two clothes treating compartments, wherein the heat pump type drying system is capable of generating a drying air flow, and the drying air flow can be delivered to a plurality of the clothes treating compartments simultaneously or respectively.

In a preferred embodiment of the laundry treating apparatus, the heat pump type drying system includes:

the air inlet end of the drying channel is respectively communicated with the air outlets of the plurality of clothes processing cabins, and the air outlet end of the drying channel is respectively communicated with the air inlets of the plurality of clothes processing cabins;

a condenser disposed within the drying tunnel, the condenser for generating a drying airflow;

a fan disposed in the drying passage, the fan being configured to deliver the drying airflow generated by the condenser to the plurality of laundry processing compartments;

an evaporator disposed within the drying tunnel, the evaporator for removing moisture from the drying airflow;

and the compressor is sequentially connected with the condenser and the evaporator end to end.

In a preferred technical solution of the above laundry treating apparatus, the condenser is disposed between the evaporator and an air outlet end of the drying passage.

In a preferred technical solution of the above laundry treating apparatus, the heat pump type drying system further includes a reversing device, and an air inlet end of the drying channel can selectively communicate with all or part of the plurality of laundry treating compartments through the reversing device; and/or the air outlet end of the drying channel can be selectively communicated with all or part of the clothes processing cabins through the reversing device.

In a preferred embodiment of the above laundry treating apparatus, the reversing device includes a plurality of stop valves, and the air inlet and/or the air outlet of each laundry treating compartment are respectively communicated with the drying channel through one of the stop valves.

In a preferred embodiment of the above laundry treating apparatus, the stop valve is an electrically controlled stop valve.

In the preferable technical scheme of the clothes treatment equipment, the reversing device is a multi-way reversing valve, and the air inlet end of the drying channel is respectively communicated with the clothes treatment cabins through one multi-way reversing valve; and/or the air outlet end of the drying channel is respectively communicated with the plurality of clothes treatment cabins through one multi-way reversing valve.

In a preferred embodiment of the laundry treating apparatus, the multi-way selector valve is an electrically controlled multi-way selector valve.

In a preferred embodiment of the above laundry treating apparatus, the number of the laundry treating compartments is two.

In a preferred technical solution of the above laundry treating apparatus, the laundry treating apparatus is a dryer or a washing and drying all-in-one machine.

As can be understood by those skilled in the art, in a preferred embodiment of the present invention, by providing at least two laundry processing compartments on the laundry processing apparatus and enabling the drying air flow generated by the heat pump type drying system to be simultaneously or respectively delivered to a plurality of laundry processing compartments, the laundry processing apparatus of the present invention can simultaneously dry the sorted laundry to be dried.

In one embodiment of the present invention, two laundry treating compartments are provided in the laundry treating apparatus, and the capacities of the two laundry treating compartments are one large and one small. The heat pump type drying system comprises a drying channel, wherein an air inlet end of the drying channel is respectively communicated with air outlets of the two clothes treatment cabins, and an air outlet end of the drying channel is respectively communicated with air inlets of the two clothes treatment cabins. Furthermore, the air inlets and the air outlets of the two clothes processing cabins are respectively communicated with the drying channel through stop valves. When the heat pump type drying system is used, a user can put the classified clothes into the two clothes processing cabins respectively according to actual needs, and then the heat pump type drying system provides drying airflow for the two clothes processing cabins simultaneously. Alternatively, the user may also select one of the two laundry treatment compartments to be used depending on the amount of laundry to be dried, and then cause the heat pump drying system to provide a drying airflow only for that one laundry treatment compartment.

Drawings

Preferred embodiments of the present invention are described below with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a main structure of a laundry treating apparatus of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of a heat pump type drying system in a first embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of a heat pump type drying system in a second embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of a heat pump type drying system in a third embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of a heat pump type drying system in a fourth embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a schematic diagram of a heat pump type drying system in a fifth embodiment of the present invention.

List of reference numerals:

1. a box body; 2. a first laundry treating compartment; 21. a first air inlet; 22. a first air outlet; 3. a second laundry treating compartment; 31. a second air inlet; 32. a second air outlet; 4. a drying channel; 41. an air outlet end; 42. an air inlet end; 5. a compressor; 6. a condenser; 7. an evaporator; 8. a fan; 9. a stop valve; 10. a multi-way reversing valve.

Detailed Description

It should be understood by those skilled in the art that the embodiments of the present invention are only for explaining the technical principle of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. For example, the clothes treatment apparatus of the present invention may be a clothes dryer (drum dryer or cabinet dryer) or a washing and drying all-in-one machine, and those skilled in the art can adjust the clothes treatment apparatus as required to suit specific application, and the adjusted technical solution will still fall into the protection scope of the present invention.

It should be noted that in the description of the present invention, the terms "center", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "inner", "outer", etc. indicating the directions or positional relationships are based on the directions or positional relationships shown in the drawings, which are only for convenience of description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and "third" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.

Furthermore, it should be noted that, in the description of the present invention, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those skilled in the art according to specific situations.

The clothes treatment equipment mainly comprises a heat pump type drying system and at least two clothes treatment cabins. Wherein, the clothes processing cabin is used for placing clothes. The heat pump type drying system can generate drying air flow and can deliver the drying air flow to a plurality of clothes processing cabins simultaneously or respectively. It should be noted that, the person skilled in the art can arrange the laundry treatment compartment into any number, such as two, three, four, five, etc., according to the actual needs.

As can be understood by those skilled in the art, the laundry treating apparatus of the present invention may be either a dryer or a washing and drying all-in-one machine based on a function of drying laundry by the laundry treating apparatus of the present invention. Further, when the laundry treating apparatus of the present invention is a dryer, the dryer may be either a cabinet type dryer or a drum type dryer. The cabinet type clothes dryer is also called a square clothes dryer, and the cabinet type clothes dryer is a clothes dryer when in operation and can be used as a wardrobe when not in operation. The drum type dryer, also called drum dryer, has a structure similar to that of a drum washing machine.

For convenience of description and understanding of those skilled in the art, the laundry treating apparatus of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to fig. 1 to 6, taking two laundry treating compartments as an example.

As shown in fig. 1, the laundry treating apparatus of the present invention mainly comprises a cabinet 1, a first laundry treating compartment 2, a second laundry treating compartment 3, and a heat pump type drying system (not shown). Wherein, the first laundry treating compartment 2 and the second laundry treating compartment 3 are disposed in the cabinet 1 in a vertically distributed manner. The first laundry treating compartment 2 is provided with a first wind inlet 21 and a first wind outlet 22. The second laundry treating compartment 3 is provided with a second air inlet 31 and a second air outlet 32.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the shape of the first and second laundry treating compartments 2, 3 is not limited to the tubular shape shown in fig. 1, and those skilled in the art can arrange the first and second laundry treating compartments 2, 3 into any other feasible shape, such as square, oval, tetrahedral, etc., according to the actual needs.

With continued reference to fig. 1, the heat pump type drying system of the present invention mainly includes a drying passage 4, a compressor 5, a condenser 6, an evaporator 7, and a fan 8. The air outlet end 41 of the drying channel 4 is communicated with the first air inlet 21 and the second air inlet 31, and the air inlet end 42 of the drying channel 4 is communicated with the first air outlet 22 and the second air outlet 32. The condenser 6, the evaporator 7 and the fan 8 are respectively arranged in the drying channel 4, and the condenser 6 is positioned between the evaporator 7 and the air outlet end 41. The fan 8 may be disposed at any position within the drying tunnel 4 as required. The compressor 5 is disposed in the casing 1 and fixedly connected to the casing 1, or one skilled in the art may dispose the compressor 5 outside the casing 1 and provide a separate support seat for the compressor 5, so as to block the noise generated when the compressor 5 operates outdoors.

It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the fan 8 may be any type of fan, such as a centrifugal fan, an axial fan, a reciprocating fan and a rotary fan.

Further, although not explicitly shown in the figure, the compressor 5, the condenser 6, and the evaporator 7 are connected end to end in this order to constitute a circulation circuit. When the compressor 5 is operated, the condenser 6 can release heat to the air in the drying tunnel 4, and the evaporator 7 can absorb heat of the air in the drying tunnel 4. Since the heat pump system constituted by the compressor 5, the condenser 6 and the evaporator 7 is well known to those skilled in the art, it will not be described herein more.

With continued reference to fig. 1, the fan 8 is operative to drive air in the drying tunnel 4 to form an air flow and circulate the air flow in a closed loop formed by the drying tunnel 4 and the first and second laundry treatment compartments 2, 3 in a direction indicated by arrows in fig. 1. The air flow absorbs heat from the condenser 6 as it passes through the condenser 6 and warms up to become a drying air flow. After entering the first laundry processing compartment 2 and the second laundry processing compartment 3, the drying air stream contacts the wet laundry, and evaporates and vaporizes moisture on the laundry and carries the moisture away. The moist air enters the drying passage 4 and then comes into contact with the evaporator 7, and the heat is absorbed by the evaporator 7 to become lower in temperature. The moisture in the air is liquefied and separated, and the air becomes dry again and flows to the condenser 6 for the next cycle.

When drying the clothes, the user can classify the clothes to be dried according to the requirement, and then place the classified clothes into the first clothes processing chamber 2 and the second clothes processing chamber 3 respectively to dry the clothes. For example, the underwear of the clothes is classified into a first type and thrown into the first laundry treating compartment 2, and the outer garments and socks of the clothes are classified into a second type and thrown into the second laundry treating compartment 3.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1, the capacity of the first laundry treating compartment 2 is smaller than the capacity of the second laundry treating compartment 3, so that the user puts less laundry into the first laundry treating compartment 2 and more laundry into the second laundry treating compartment 3.

Further, the present invention provides the following five embodiments for the convenience of the user's operation.

As shown in fig. 2, in the first embodiment of the present invention, the heat pump type drying system further includes four stop valves 9 based on the above-described technical features. The stop valve 9 is arranged between the air outlet end 41 and the first air inlet 21, and the stop valve 9 is used for controlling the connection and disconnection between the air outlet end 41 and the first air inlet 21. The stop valve 9 is arranged between the air outlet end 41 and the second air inlet 31, and the stop valve 9 is used for controlling the on-off between the air outlet end 41 and the second air inlet 31. One stop valve 9 is arranged between the air inlet end 42 and the first air outlet 22, and the stop valve 9 is used for controlling the on-off between the air inlet end 42 and the first air outlet 22. The stop valve 9 is arranged between the air inlet end 42 and the second air outlet 32, and the stop valve 9 is used for controlling the on-off between the air inlet end 42 and the second air outlet 32.

Although not explicitly shown in the drawings, the four cut-off valves 9 are all electronically controlled cut-off valves, and each cut-off valve 9 is electrically connected to a controller of the laundry treatment apparatus. The user can control the on/off of the four shut valves 9 by operating the operation panel on the laundry treating apparatus.

When the four cutoff valves 9 are all closed as shown in fig. 2, the communication between the drying passage 4 and the first and second laundry treating compartments 2 and 3 is blocked. The drying air flow in drying tunnel 4 cannot flow into first laundry treating compartment 2 and second laundry treating compartment 3.

When all four cutoff valves 9 are opened, the drying passage 4 communicates with the first laundry treating compartment 2 and the second laundry treating compartment 3, respectively. The drying air flow in drying tunnel 4 can flow simultaneously into first laundry treatment compartment 2 and second laundry treatment compartment 3.

When the upper two cutoff valves 9 are opened and the lower two cutoff valves 9 are closed in fig. 2, the drying passage 4 communicates only with the first laundry treating compartment 2. The drying air flow in drying tunnel 4 can only flow into first laundry treatment compartment 2.

When the upper two cutoff valves 9 are closed and the lower two cutoff valves 9 are opened in fig. 2, the drying passage 4 communicates only with the second laundry treating compartment 3. The drying air flow in the drying tunnel 4 can only flow into the second laundry treatment compartment 3.

As shown in fig. 3, in the second embodiment of the present invention, unlike the first embodiment, the heat pump type drying system includes only two cut-off valves 9. One stop valve 9 is arranged between the air inlet end 42 and the first air outlet 22, and the stop valve 9 is used for controlling the on-off between the air inlet end 42 and the first air outlet 22. The stop valve 9 is arranged between the air inlet end 42 and the second air outlet 32, and the stop valve 9 is used for controlling the on-off between the air inlet end 42 and the second air outlet 32.

In the second embodiment of the present invention, although drying tunnel 4 is communicated with first laundry treating compartment 2 and second laundry treating compartment 3, respectively, the drying air flow in drying tunnel 4 cannot circulate when both shut-off valves 9 are closed. When the upper shut-off valve 9 in fig. 3 is opened, the drying air flow can pass through the first laundry treating compartment 2. When the lower shut-off valve 9 in fig. 3 is opened, the drying air flow can pass through the second laundry treating compartment 3.

As shown in fig. 4, in the third embodiment of the present invention, unlike the first embodiment, the heat pump type drying system includes only two cut-off valves 9. The stop valve 9 is arranged between the air outlet end 41 and the first air inlet 21, and the stop valve 9 is used for controlling the connection and disconnection between the air outlet end 41 and the first air inlet 21. The stop valve 9 is arranged between the air outlet end 41 and the second air inlet 31, and the stop valve 9 is used for controlling the on-off between the air outlet end 41 and the second air inlet 31.

As shown in fig. 5, in the fourth embodiment of the present invention, unlike the third embodiment, the first outlet 22 of the first laundry treating compartment 2 is not directly communicated with the drying tunnel 4, but is communicated with the second laundry treating compartment 3, and then communicated with the drying tunnel 4 via the second laundry treating compartment 3. Likewise, the person skilled in the art may also make the following changes to embodiment two as required. The first air inlet 21 of the first laundry processing compartment 2 is not directly communicated with the drying channel 4, but is directly communicated with the second laundry processing compartment 3, and then is communicated with the drying channel 4 by means of the second laundry processing compartment 3.

In a fifth embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 6, unlike the first embodiment, the heat pump type drying system includes two three-way directional valves 10. Wherein, a three-way reversing valve 10 is arranged at the air outlet end 41 of the drying channel 4, and the drying channel 4 is respectively communicated with the first air inlet 21 and the second air inlet 31 through the three-way reversing valve 10. Another three-way reversing valve 10 is disposed at the air inlet end 42 of the drying channel 4, and the drying channel 4 is respectively communicated with the first air outlet 22 and the second air outlet 32 through the three-way reversing valve 10. By changing the position state of the spool of the three-way selector valve 10, the drying tunnel 4 can be connected to one or both of the first laundry processing compartment 2 and the second laundry processing compartment 3.

Although not explicitly shown in the drawings, both three-way selector valves 10 are electrically controlled three-way selector valves, and each three-way selector valve 10 is electrically connected to a controller of the laundry treating apparatus. The user can control the on-off of the two three-way reversing valves 10 by operating the operation panel on the clothes treatment equipment.

Referring to the second and third embodiments, those skilled in the art can also arrange the two three-way selector valves 10 of the fifth embodiment to be one.

It can be understood by those skilled in the art that when the number of the laundry treating compartments of the laundry treating apparatus of the present invention is changed, the three-way directional valve 10 should be appropriately adjusted to other multi-way directional valves. Specifically, when the number of the clothes processing cabins is N, the reversing valve is an N + 1-way reversing valve.

It should be noted that, in order to facilitate the understanding of the technical solution of the present invention by those skilled in the art, the stop valve 9 of the present invention is shown as a rotary flapper in fig. 2 to 5, and the three-way directional valve 10 of the present invention is shown as a rotary flapper in fig. 6. However, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that the shut-off valve 9 of the present invention may be any feasible shut-off valve and the three-way reversing valve 10 of the present invention may be any feasible three-way reversing valve.

It can be understood by those skilled in the art that, in any of the above embodiments of the present invention, the laundry treating apparatus of the present invention can place different kinds of laundry through a plurality of laundry treating compartments, respectively, and dry the laundry at the same time, thereby ensuring the sanitation of the laundry. The clothes treatment equipment can also enable one clothes treatment cabin to work independently, dry a small amount of clothes and save electric energy.

So far, the technical solutions of the present invention have been described in connection with the preferred embodiments shown in the drawings, but it is easily understood by those skilled in the art that the scope of the present invention is obviously not limited to these specific embodiments. Equivalent changes or substitutions of related technical features can be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the principle of the invention, and the technical scheme after the changes or substitutions can fall into the protection scope of the invention.